CMU student charged with poisoning roommate

A Central Michigan University student is accused of poisoning her roommate.

Kayla Ashlyn Bonkowski, 19, was scheduled to be arraigned by video Monday but posted bond and was released from the Isabella County Jail, according to court records.

Bonkowski was arraigned Wednesday and was free in lieu of $20,000 bond, according to court records.

Poisoning is a 15-year felony.Bonkowski is alleged to have sprayed bleach in her roommate’s iced tea because of a fight over dirty dishes, according to state police.

Bonkowski, who was named in a warrant issued by the Isabella County Prosecutor’s Office on Monday, is accused of putting bleach in her roommate’s iced tea glass at their apartment in the 4000 block of South Isabella Road in Union Township Nov. 11, according to the criminal complaint and police reports.

Bonkowski’s roommate called police, who investigated the incident and submitted a report to Prosecutor Risa Scully’s office, according to court documents.

Police said in the criminal complaint that Bonkowski wrote a statement and that she told police she put bleach in her roommate’s drink, according to the criminal complaint.

She also allegedly told police that she put bleach in the glass because her roommate is “mean” and “that she knew spraying the bleach was a serious thing,” according to the criminal complaint.

After police got to the apartment, Bonkowski’s roommate was taken to McLaren-Central Michigan for treatment, state police Sgt. Eric Sumpter said.

(Susan Field can be reached at sfield@michigannewspapers.com or follow her on Facebook at facebook.com/#!/susan.k.field.)